WE’VE SEEN IT ALL BEFORE PAGE ONE COMMENT The brave and shocking letter written by Laura Witheridge, whose younger sister Hannah was murdered with David Miller on Koh Tao in Thailand, has as predicted caused a rumpus in Britain with just about every major media outlet covering the story – from the red tops to […]
BITTER BUT HEARTFELT STATEMENT FROM HANNAH’S SISTER SO YOU STILL THINK THAILAND IS BEAUTIFUL? Laura Witheridge the sister of Hannah Witheridge who was raped then murdered with David Miller on the Thai island of Koh Tao has launched a bitter attack on the internet linking to the ‘Anoymous’ group which has launched cyber attacks against […]
THAILAND’S MURDER HISTORY FROM A BRITISH FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT’S VIEW INTRODUCTION: Following the controversial death sentences on the young Burmese men Wai Phyo and Zaw Lin in Koh Samui for the murders last year on Koh Tao of Hannah Witheridge and Davild Miller, I have been asked to detail the controversial cases where flagrant breaches of […]
“It’s no problem. Thai Police are excellent’ “No they could not find a murderer in the same room” – says wife of victim in unsolved murder. “We have killed J(T)awad” announcement on SMS – two hours after murder but before police were called”. ONLY IN THAILAND The technical know-how of the Royal Thai Police subject […]
By the six o’clock BBC evening news in London yesterday the mews that Wai Phyo and Zaw Lin had been found guilty and sentenced to death was well down the agenda, coming after a car crash with one fatality, floods in Cumbria and a bus crash with no fatalities. Any doubt about the prosecution of […]
With just two days to go before the court in Koh Samui, Thailand, returns a verdict on the two young Burmese accused of the murders of David Miller and Hannah Witheridge on Koh Tao the defence pro-bono lawyers, appointed by the Lawyers Council of Thailand, and the Migrant Workers Rights Network have put out a […]
A SWEDISH VIEW OF THAI JUSTICE Ringvall and Thai girlfriend A journalist on a Sweden’s biggest newspaper Aftonbladet has just described one of the ugliest days in court he has ever seen. He was actually talking about a suburban court in Stockholm, Sweden but the case was one of murder and it happened in Pattaya. […]
ONE MURDERED SOUTH ASIAN, FIFTY DEAD DOGS. DISPOSING OF FOREIGNERS IN THAILAND’S BOONDOCKS Two years after a foreigner was gunned down in a fish farm in the Thai province of Chaiyaphum Thai police have failed to prosecute the killers despite extensive DNA evidence and witness testimony. This week a witness was under the protection of […]
AND WE DID NOT ENFORCE LICENSING LAWS A Thai police chief has blamed the rape of a British woman on holiday in Thailand on the fact that she was drunk – and said his men would take more care now to enforce licensing hours. The 24-year-woman was raped at the end of last week after […]
‘I feel considerable unease’ – Justice Green Case No: HQ15X0311 Queen Bench Division, High Court of Justice The two young Burmese accused of the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on the Thai island of Koh Tao were sacrificed by the British authorities in the interests of continued police co-operation between the Royal Thai […]
Andrew Drummond is a British independent journalist and occasional television documentary maker. He is a former Fleet Street, London, journalist having worked at the Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, News of the World, Observer and The Times.